Plus: Adoptees threatened by ICE; Minneapolis weighs street upgrades; solar power in southern Minnesota; a Minnesotan in space; and more.

While loons and ducks share habitat on Minnesota lakes, they aren’t close relatives. Ducks are closer cousins to geese and swans.

While other states scramble to protect families from the cost of the data center boom, Minnesota saw it coming and set the standard first. In 2025, the Legislature passed one of the strongest data ...

Art featuring photos of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are hung outside Pretti’s memorial in mid-February as the community continues to honor them. Credit: Ellen ...

State auditor candidate Nate George speaks at the Minnesota Republican Party Convention in Duluth, Minn., on May 29, 2026. Credit: Submitted photo via campaign One endorsement that did not erupt in ...

Niron Magnetics boasts University of Minnesota-linked, homegrown technology that could reduce reliance on the rare-earth minerals.

Sugarloaf Cove sits on a protected bay of Lake Superior, surrounded by cliffs of volcanic rock 1.1 billion years old. Credit: MinnPost photo by Lydia Moran Diver Van Avery grew up in the Twin Cities ...

Plus: Teen arrested for threats to schools; Black women in Minnesota more likely to be victims of violence; Twin Cities population projected to grow and more. Frederick Melo at the Pioneer Press ...

Plus: Pickle pie at the State Fair; Minneapolis fires its comms chief; St. Paul to dismantle encampments; a bold wolf on Isle Royale; and more.

On an idyllic evening at the Trempealeau Hotel, the Mississippi River is as much a draw as the musical act that graces its ...

Instead of one Blue Line, imagine interconnected bus rapid transit routes linking north metro neighborhoods east-west and north-south.

Plus: Feds hand over evidence in Good, Pretti killings; heat wave this week; Walz pulls Guard from D.C. early The bodies of three missing boaters were recovered in Lake Pepin on Sunday night after a ...